Pot-Limit Omaha

PLO is my favorite variant of poker. While it looks deceptively similar to Hold'em, PLO is, in practice, a game with completely different complexity and heuristics. For NLHE players recently discovering PLO, applying the same intuitions and mental models from Hold'em to PLO is a sure-fire way to get yourself burnt.   Here are a …

Don’t watch poker highlight porn

Waching poker highlights is akin to watching sports highlights - it is good entertainment, but could skew our understanding of how the game is actually played. If you are serious about learning soccer, you need to be observing and learning how to press, position, make off-the-ball movement, and not just be watching goal highlights. ... …

“If you call turn, you need to call river”

We hear this statement "If you call turn, you need to call river" on the table all the time. This ranks as one of the biggest leaks and misconceptions amongst Amateurs. It is important to assess each street on its own, and think about the bet size by your opponent and how high are you …

Aggression

As a fundamental approach, it's important to be aggressive: 1) You get to over-realize your equity and force your opponents to under-realize theirs In "Easy Game" by Andrew Seidman (highly recommended), author advocates for a key principle: if opponent has pot equity, be aggressive. 2) You get more information when opponents respond to your bets, …

3 quick self-notes

1) bet sizing - in situations where big values can be extracted, you absolutely need to go big and not leave money on the table. 2) there is no need to over-bluff by turning hands with show down value into bluff. If you're to bluff, choose more on hands with no show down value and …

Reminder to self

Some spots can seem a lot clearer when you're observing from outside (or from hindsight?) compared to being in the mix of things. Perhaps a good heuristic approach will be to try to imagine standing away from the table and making observation to see if there's more clarity in judgment. Two recent medium mistakes my …

Quick thought

In general... 1) People are overfolding flop (especially in position and headsup) 2) people are underfolding turn with weak and non-robust equity (another time on what is Robust Equity). That means you can make these adjustments: 1) cbet more on board texture favoring your range 2) bet BIGGER on turn for value 3) float more …

-EV things poker players do on the table

What are the most negative EV things poker players do on live cash game table? Some of these pointers are also applicable for live tournament. 1) not keeping track of actions, and not paying attentions Poker is a game of making optimal decisions based on incomplete information. If you don't pay attention when you're not …

Hello World

Hello there! I am a Poker enthusiast/Semi-Professional Poker Player based in South-East Asia. I am not a full-time professional, but I treat Poker as my serious hobby. This blog serves as a way for me to reflect and collect my thoughts in Poker. Since starting to play poker more seriously 3 years ago, I have …